Age of Rebirth

Chapter [-]: It’s Duozhuang Town

The newly appointed commander of the North China Dispatch Army, Neiji Okamura, seems to have seen through Tang Qiuli's gate of life, and listed the Taihang Mountains, which he considered the rear base of the North China Independent Division, as a key target of attack. , These are still his preliminary ideas, the plan in his head, and Tang Qiuli never knew Okamura Ningji's thoughts.

The Korean Railway troops stationed in the southeast and southwest of Shandong encountered difficulties to varying degrees when they were divided into various places. The armed hostility in various places was very serious. After receiving the division's order to gather troops in the Xuzhou area, Han Railway The troops who were sent out were ordered to concentrate in Xuzhou. Fortunately, the communication means of the independent division is very advanced, and the radio station has been equipped to the company level, and the communication is fast.

Even so, they were harassed by armed forces and bandits from different places along the way. Han Tie's troops were scattered widely. There were troops in southern Shandong and southwestern Shandong. Where to gain a firm foothold and open up a new area, Han Tie is eager to gather the troops back so as to carry out the orders given by the division. The orders issued are very clear, eliminate all interference, do not get entangled with local armed forces along the way, and return to the construction quickly.

Duzhuang, located in the hinterland of Yimeng Mountain, not far from the world-famous Menglianggu, is a small mountain town surrounded by mountains, but there are more than 1000 households. The first battalion of the third regiment of the fourth brigade of the Yellow River Henan Defense Line Defense Corps, an independent division, is stationed. Here, Gu Dashan, the battalion commander, is less than 25 years old this year. After the independent division entered North China, he joined the troops in the Taihang Mountains. He has experienced several major battles, especially in the Kaifeng blocking battle. Brave, he killed a dozen devils by himself, led the whole platoon to stand firm, and repelled many Japanese attacks. After the war, the troops retreated to Huangya Cave to rest and recuperate. Gu Dazhang was promoted to company commander because of his outstanding military exploits. [

Later, the army was expanded, and the backbone of the battle and grassroots commanders like Gu Dashan were reused. Gu Dashan was promoted to the commander of the major battalion. He was very satisfied with the battalion he led. There were four infantry companies in the battalion, and A machine gun company, four 200-type infantry guns, eight mortars, ten heavy machine guns, and a force of more than [-] people can be described as strong and powerful. Know how many times.

Gu Dashan is very confident that even if he faces a large force of little devils, he will be sure to kill all the devils. The only thing that makes him dissatisfied is that because the troops were formed during the rest period of Huangyadong, most of them were The new recruits who came in had no experience in combat. Except for one company and the machine gun company who were veterans, the rest of the companies were all established and assigned to the training headquarters.

After the first battalion entered Dunzhuang, the first thing they encountered was that the local people were very afraid and indifferent to the troops. When they met soldiers on the street, they all avoided them, as if they were afraid of getting bad luck, especially those big girls. , Little daughter-in-law, when you see a soldier, you are just like seeing the king of hell, and you are afraid to avoid it.

The work of the army cannot continue. Gu Dashan is very anxious and always wants to find a breakthrough to break the current stalemate. Taihang Mountain is better. It doesn’t matter where the army goes. The local government and the people have prepared everything for you. If there is anything in the army, just call out, and the common people will flock to help. He is very nostalgic for his days in the Taihang Mountains.

The opportunity came. This morning, Gu Dashan went out with the guard team, and was going to find some prominent figures in the town to discuss housing issues. In the winter in the mountainous area of ​​Southwest Shandong, the temperature is also very low, and the troops are still camping in tents in the wild. Several soldiers had their limbs froze. If this continues, the troops will be dragged down by non-combat casualties alone.

Those big families have dozens of houses idle, and they don’t let the troops live in them. Even ordinary people don’t want to give up their houses to the troops, even if they give money. The people here are really backward, and they can’t force them to move in. Dismissal is easy if the discipline of the army is violated, even losing his head is possible. As a veteran of the independent division, he dare not touch the policy of loving the people formulated by the division commander himself. big hope.

Turning around an alley, when we reached the intersection, there were hundreds of people surrounded in front, and there were shouts of cursing and cries of women and children begging for mercy. Gu Dashan squeezed into the crowd, seeing this scene, he was furious A man about forty years old was lying on the cold ground with his face covered in blood. A middle-aged woman who seemed to be his wife was kneeling at the street corner, and kept asking five or six people with a stick in her hand. The guy who didn't look like a good person begged for mercy. Two teenage children were crying there, and one of them was a little girl who was dragged to the ground by a big man by her hair.

These guys, with fleshy faces and sleeves rolled up to their elbows, completely ignored the pleas of women and children, and beat the motionless man with sticks in their hands, cursing uncleanly, Gu Dashan He stepped forward and snatched the sticks from the hands of these guys, and kicked the big guy who beat the hardest somersault.

The sudden change stunned several big men and the onlookers. A big man who seemed to be the leader, with the cold light in his triangular eyes, disappeared in a flash. With a smile on his face, he asked, "Sir, we are collecting debts, is there anything wrong with you? Why did you beat my brother?" After finishing speaking, he stroked his shiny parted hair with his hand, and looked The color of arrogance.

The tone was very strong, with the meaning of questioning. It seems that he didn't pay attention to the muzzles around him. He must have relied on him. Gu Dashan ignored him, helped the kneeling woman, and asked the reason for the incident , a middle-aged woman with a sallow and thin face, looked at these big men in fear, but did not dare to speak, her eyes flashed with extreme fear.

Under Gu Dashan's repeated questioning, the woman told the story intermittently, with a strong local accent, coupled with sobbing, Gu Dashan worked hard to get a general idea, the woman told the story At the time, these five or six big men folded their arms around their chests, with a sneer at the corner of their mouths, and did not leave.

Those who beat people were the nursing home of the family of Sun Wanwan, the biggest rich man in Dunzhuang. Sun Wanwan's family has thousands of acres of fertile land, with herds of mules and horses. More than half of the residents in Dunzhuang are tenants of his family. He is still running a few big businesses in Linyi City. He is rich. He used to be a high-ranking official in Han Fuju's Shandong Provincial Government. However, this guy's behavior is really not good. Still ruthless.

On the ground of Duzhuang, Sun Wanwan is the emperor of the land. In his own words, when he stomped his feet, the Yimeng Mountains in Banla trembled three times, and the officials and bandits walked in two ways. Liu Motou, the leader of the bandit, is still a brother of Baibazi. He also has a hundred guns at home. He is a real bully. The common people secretly call him "Sun Yanwang."

The surnamed Liu who was beaten was a tenant of Sun Wanwan's family. Because he didn't pay enough rent this year, all the food in the family was allocated, but it wasn't enough. The family of four could only starve with their necks tied. Just like that, Sun Wanwan refused to let go, sent several nurses, sealed the doors and smashed pots, drove the whole family to the street, and forced him to send his 11-year-old daughter to the Sun family's compound as a servant girl. Pay off this year's rent.

Liu Tianhu knew that Sun Wanwan was the living King of Hades, and that the Sun Family Courtyard was the Palace of Hades. If a child who had just turned 11 years old entered, it would be like entering the mouth of a tiger. The nursing home tried to rob people, but Liu Tianhu tried his best to stop him, pulling and pulling, and tore a sleeve of a nursing home's clothes.

Several nursing homes were furious at the time, punched and kicked Liu Tianhu down to the ground, and even beat him to death with sticks. The crying and shouting here attracted hundreds of people to watch, which frightened Sun Bai. Wan's forces didn't dare to come forward to stop them, they all watched this scene with horror on their faces. Seeing that Liu Tianhu was venting but not breathing, these nursing homes still refused to give up.

It was this scene that Gu Dashan caught up with. After hearing this, he could no longer restrain his inner anger. He was born in poverty, and he couldn't bear the common people being bullied like this. When he helped Liu Tianhu who was lying motionless on the ground, his body was already cold Looking at Liu Tianhu, who couldn't close his eyes and was covered in bruises, Gu Dashan gently put down his body.

With a wave towards the guard squad, several soldiers stepped forward and forced the guards to stop them with guns. Dashan was also trembling in his heart, and the head of the nursing home hurriedly said: "Sir, we can't do this for a poor man. When Marshal Han was here, Mr. Sun and our team had a good relationship. You should also take care of this matter." Intervene?" The last sentence was threatening.

Gu Dashan pulled out his gun suddenly, and there was a clear gunshot, and blood holes the size of thumbs appeared on the foreheads of several nurses. He swayed a few times, stared at his unbelievable eyes, and fell down slumped On the ground, Yin Hong's dirty blood flowed all over the ground. The crowd of onlookers were petrified by the sudden scene, and wanted to run in a hurry, but they were stopped by Gu Dashan. [

Gu Dashan shouted towards the crowd: "Folks, we are a unit of the North China Independent Division. We are here to let the villagers live a good life and never bully the common people. We must punish such bullies. I am Battalion Commander Gu Dashan paid for his life by murdering a poor commoner, and I sentenced them to death on behalf of the army, which is what they deserved, let's see who dares to take the lives of ordinary people as a serious matter!"

After Gu Dashan finished speaking, he was very satisfied with his words and the level of the case. He waited for the stormy applause of the common people, but no, when he watched the numb faces of the common people, there was a look of panic instead. Depressed panic, everyone tried to avoid him from a distance, which made Gu Dashan very depressed. He couldn't figure out, how could the people in this place be like this?

(To be continued)